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Aimé Laussedat

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Aimé Laussedat
Born19 April 1819 Edit this on Wikidata
Died18 March 1907 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 87)
OccupationPhotographer Edit this on Wikidata
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Aimé Laussedat (April 19, 1819 – March 19, 1907) was a French scientist, more specifically, an observational astronomer, geodesist, surveyor, photogrammetrist, and cartographer.

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Laussedat was born in Moulins on April 19, 1819.[citation needed] He was an engineer, researcher and professor at the École polytechnique, then eminent manager at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.[citation needed] He was a military engineer at the beginning of his career. He is considered the father of photogrammetry.[1][2][3] He died on March 19, 1907 (at the age of 87), in Paris.

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  1. ^ "Aimé Laussedat (1819-1907) : le précurseur de la photogrammétrie". Librairie Mollat Bordeaux (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  2. ^ Granshaw, Stuart I. (2019). "Laussedat bicentenary: origins of photogrammetry". The Photogrammetric Record. 34 (166). Wiley: 128–147. doi:10.1111/phor.12277. ISSN 0031-868X.
  3. ^ GRUNER, H. (1977). "Photogrammetry: 1776-1976". Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 43(5), 569-574. [1]
  4. ^ "The Colonel". Spiral Road. Retrieved 2024-09-20.